I finally have took the leap to install permanent Dust collection after much layout planning and have spent the majority of my summer weekends building an exterior 5'x8' closet to house cyclone. While constructing the DC closet I doubled up the center rafter and bolted that together and added a giant eye bolt going through the center to attach a chain hoist so I could lift during assembly my G0442 I purchased. This all went according to plan to get the impeller housing and motor assembly lifted onto the Cyclone body and upper frame this past weekend but when I went to lift the whole thing up again to install the lower leg sections I found that I was just shy of the height I needed by about 4 inches. Grrrrrr!
I now have to figure out an alternate way to get the upper assembly high enough to attach the legs without using the chain hoist. My first idea was to rent a material lift but so far I have struck out finding one that will fit in the available space between the supports.
One of my alternate thoughts is to raise it up as high as I can get with the hoist and build a platform to lower it to and then manually lift it up by hand with a friend using 2x4s to slowly build up the height until I can install the legs.
The other idea is to remove the motor and impeller after unbolting it from the housing so I have enough clearance to use the hoist for the leg assembly. This makes me nervous since I'm sure this weighs over 100 lbs and I'm worried I might damage the impeller or motor in the process.
So I'm posting here to see if any of you have any alternate suggestions, or possibly some experience removing a G0442 motor to help me make a decision for the best course of action.
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